The Avalanche will enter tonight’s preseason game against the Dallas Stars at the Pepsi Center with a 28-man roster, five above the opening-night limit. The club make two moves today, sending 18-year-old defenseman Chris Bigras back to Owen Sound of the Ontario Hockey League and NCAA-groomed forward Paul Carey to the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League.

It appears the final one or two roster spots at forward are between Brad Malone, Marc-Andre Cliche and Guillaume Desbiens. If the Avs keep 14 forwards, two of the above will make it.

At D, there’s 10 remaining, including Ryan Wilson who could be put on IR. Nick Holden, Nate Guenin, Stefan Elliott and Matt Hunwick are on the bubble. Hunwick cleared waivers in the summer and could be sent down without risk of losing him.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.